PennMan Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 We went from 34 to 48 in like 45 minutes. Crazy. And looks like we might get severe thunderstorms, lol. I'm sure the temp will spike here as the front approaches. It's 34°, but 6 miles SE of me it's 50°. Quite a gradient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I'm sure the temp will spike here as the front approaches. It's 34°, but 6 miles SE of me it's 50°. Quite a gradient. Man. Never seen anything like this. I mean, there really isn't any topographical difference between Ft Indiantown Gap and Harrisburg. Just tad more elevation and a tad more latitude. That's insane. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I went for a walk tonight in a t-shirt. Im beginning to like this "winter" to be honest. If it's not going to snow, let it be 55. Currently I'm at 46.6. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Gap's sensor has dropped the temp down to 34F. I have now soared to 39F and thick fog is building in. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSU8315 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Apparently you missed them: PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT...SUMMARY NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE STATE COLLEGE PA 727 PM EST TUE JAN 17 2012 ..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON... ..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE.... ..REMARKS.. 0620 PM TSTM WND DMG COLUMBUS 41.95N 79.58W 01/17/2012 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER NUMEROUS TREES DOWN 0645 PM TSTM WND DMG NORTH WARREN 41.87N 79.15W 01/17/2012 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER TREE DOWN 0645 PM TSTM WND DMG CHAPMAN STATE PARK 41.77N 79.18W 01/17/2012 WARREN PA 911 CALL CENTER TREES DOWN 0700 PM TSTM WND DMG BRADFORD 41.96N 78.64W 01/17/2012 MCKEAN PA 911 CALL CENTER TREE DOWN ON HOUSE Some of the velocities that were on radar earlier tonight were incredible - a few 60+ kt returns and huge areas of 50+. To me, it was worse than your average summertime squall line because of how widespread the wind was. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BuffaloWeather Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Had a wind gust of 71 mph just south of my location with that squall line. =0 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Had a wind gust of 71 mph just south of my location with that squall line. =0 Yeah it's definitely breezy out there. Down to the mid 40s with gusts probably close to 40 here. Will be a pretty dramatic 12hr temp drop from 6PM to 6AM! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NortheastPAWx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Still 46.2°.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 0z gfs is crippling ice for southern counties Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Yorkpa Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Crippling? What's the time frame for this? Saturday am? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Storm Clouds Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 00z GFS was a little further south and colder from 18z...trend starter? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Crippling? What's the time frame for this? Saturday am? Saturday starting around 10 a.m. Till about 7 p.m. All ice 5-10 miles north of md line. Along the line a lot of ice but some rain too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 00z GFS was a little further south and colder from 18z...trend starter? Low is a good bit further south. Good start. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PoconoSnow Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Nice to see 0z gfs come in south and colder, usually at this range as of lately, it does the opposite. Regardless, nice thump of snow especially northern half of Pa it looks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Sitting at 46F. Funny that temps were colder pre cold front than they are post cold front. Suppose to have a low of 28 lol. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Both the GFS and Euro pretty close to a major ice storm solution. Surface high isn't quite at the perfect position. Winds have been slowly inching towards a more Northerly component. Last few runs models suggested a more Southerly wind and now more of an Easterly component is depicted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Both the GFS and Euro pretty close to a major ice storm solution. Surface high isn't quite at the perfect position. Winds have been slowly inching towards a more Northerly component. Last few runs models suggested a more Southerly wind and now more of an Easterly component is depicted. Easterly would keep us more cool. And euro and gfs aren't pretty close they are major ice storm. At least for me here in ship. Output places .5" ZR over me. Temps 30 or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Easterly would keep us more cool. And euro and gfs aren't pretty close they are major ice storm. At least for me here in ship. Output places .5" ZR over me. Temps 30 or less. Yeah. but its a bit more believable now. I don't give a crap if the models are showing temps holding in the mid 20's with 2 feet of ice and glacier development. If the winds are coming out of South (like they were before) one of two things are gonna happen. Either the models will correct warmer or they will realize the winds have a more Northerly component and will correct the wind direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yeah. but its a bit more believable now. I don't give a crap if the models are showing temps holding in the mid 20's with 2 feet of ice and glacier development. If the winds are coming out of South (like they were before) one of two things are gonna happen. Either the models will correct warmer or they will realize the winds have a more Northerly component and will correct the wind direction. If this thing cools off anymore then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hckyplayer8 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 If this thing cools off anymore then Euro is a good clip warmer this run (likely in response to the troff being more amplified) so we'll have to wait and see. The keys, as I previously stated) will be surface high position so watch that wind direction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MAG5035 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Euro is a good clip warmer this run (likely in response to the troff being more amplified) so we'll have to wait and see. The keys, as I previously stated) will be surface high position so watch that wind direction. By the looks of the text data UNV and IPT are probably all snow with this run. JST and AOO are more of a snow to ice type deal. Def a fine line somewhere between I-80 and I-76 where its all snow vs mess. Generally anyone at or above the turnpike stays at or below freezing at 925mb, so that could be suggestive of a lot more sleet. GFS precip types actually kept PA all snow for the most part except for the southern tier of counties. Dare I say I like our chances a lil better with this one, even without an ideal CAD. The wave is just that really.. a wave, with no closed 850/700 lows. There's not really even a reflection at the 700mb level. So the advection aloft likely wouldn't be overly strong. If we can keep this surface low south of PA I think alot of us are gonna be good to go. The even bigger story imo, is where the heck did the heat wave go next week? The euro is still a bit warm and yanks a couple systems to our left..but the GFS only has modestly above normal or normal temps until it's in garbage time out around 300 hours. Neither model are anywhere close to the heat wave it had several days ago. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WmsptWx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 So listen, it's snowing here in Wormleysburg/Camp Hill. Does not compute... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 wow, ground is all pretty white. Can someone explain what this whie stuff is? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JamieOber Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Pretty good snow band north of State College. Currently 27: Didn't expect the white ground this am. Nice surprise. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sauss06 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Pretty good snow band north of State College. Currently 27: Didn't expect the white ground this am. Nice surprise. Yeah it was nice to see the ground white. The dog enjoyed it too. Maybe Saturday will bring us a lil something. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EasternUSWX Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 Watching it snow on my webcam in Greencastle. Not sure how there is nothing here in Ship though. Webcam Put in Username: user For password leave blank http://67.235.80.39:6969/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Itunis Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Pretty good snow band north of State College. Currently 27: Didn't expect the white ground this am. Nice surprise. 1/2-1" out there by the looks of it. Parking lot is covered with tire tracks in the snow. Pretty cool...we might even freshen our "snowpack" tonight. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
canderson Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yeah, that snow shower covered the ground this morning was a nice surprise. A bit windy overnight/this morning, didn't realize it'd be howling like that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blizzard92 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 0.2in of snow here this morning Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NeffsvilleWx Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Flurries at KMDT at the moment Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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